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Sioux Falls, SD (City Center) Help

Found within zip codes: 57103

About City Center

Real Estate Prices and Overview

Median real estate prices in the City Center of Sioux Falls are $110,381, which is more expensive than 49.8% of the neighborhoods in South Dakota and 30.2% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

Average rental prices in Sioux Falls City Center are currently $568, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 73.1% of the neighborhoods in South Dakota.

Sioux Falls City Center is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Real estate in the City Center of Sioux Falls, SD is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the City Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In Sioux Falls City Center, the current vacancy rate is 3.8%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 86.6% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Sioux Falls City Center is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Notable & Unique: Diversity

Did you know that the Sioux Falls City Center neighborhood has more Norwegian and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 2.8% have Native American ancestry.

Sioux Falls City Center is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak African languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

Notable & Unique: Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the Sioux Falls City Center neighborhood than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

The Neighbors The Neighbors: Income

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the City Center neighborhood in Sioux Falls are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors: Occupations

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the shear diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations. In the Sioux Falls City Center neighborhood, 41.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.6%), and 15.1% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco. In the City Center neighborhood in Sioux Falls, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (14.8%) , and residents who report Irish roots (7.2%) , and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (2.9%) , along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

The Neighbors: Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Sioux Falls City Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in Sioux Falls City Center neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $110,381
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$1,011,001+ 0%
$758,001-$1,011,000 0%
$506,001-$758,000 0%
$404,001-$506,000 0%
$303,001-$404,000 0%
$202,001-$303,000 2%
$101,001-$202,000 65%
$51,001-$101,000 24%
$0-$51,000 9%
RENTAL PRICE High cost relative to SD, low cost relative to the nation
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER DETAILS
THE SETTING Urban (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Single-family homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Rowhouses & attached homes and a few Small apartment buildings
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2, or no bedrooms) and a few Large dwellings (4 or 5 bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS Mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 – 1999), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) and some Newer Homes (Built 2000 or later)
HOMEOWNERSHIP Mostly Owner occupied
SPECIAL CHARACTER Mostly Hip & Trendy and Walkable
THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE Mostly Mixed ages, some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Families with children (family households with school-aged children) and some Seniors (people 65 and over)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 2 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS Mostly Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Executive, managerial & professional and some Sales & Service workers
ETHNICITY / ANCESTRY Mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Black, some Irish ancestry, some Hispanic and some Mexican
LANGUAGES Mostly English speaking and some Spanish speaking

School Rating Information

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SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GRADES
There are no schools physically located in this neighborhood.

This neighborhood is served by one 1 district.

SIOUX FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-5

21,390 Students enrolled in District

50 Schools in District

District quality compared to South Dakota
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15
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

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ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 73.8 79.8
BLACK (%) 9.2 2.5
HISPANIC (%) 7.1 3.5
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 3.0 1.4
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 5.6 11.6
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 38.7 37.1
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,033 $104,913,000 54.5
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $382 $7,962,000 4.1
STAFF $262 $5,466,000 2.8
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $166 $3,451,000 1.8
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $470 $9,800,000 5.1
OPERATION $692 $14,427,000 7.5
TRANSPORTATION $234 $4,881,000 2.5
OTHER $307 $6,409,000 3.3
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,514 $52,396,000 27.2
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,695 $35,326,000 18.3
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $9,242 $192,635,000 100.0
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Help
ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 10.7
CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 14.7

Neighborhood Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED TO SD* COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990 109.13% 3.26% 4 6
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Neighborhood Crime Data Help

CRIME INDEX
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 3.9

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in Sioux Falls 1 in 356

in South Dakota 1 in 394

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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

National Median 29.1

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in Sioux Falls 1 in 33

in South Dakota 1 in 55

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Crimes Per Square Mile

National Median 39.6

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